14 March 2019, 12 noon, at CAABU, 1 Gough Square, London EC4A 3DE, illustrated talk on The Last Sanctuary in Aleppo: How Cats Saved their Community

13 December 2018, 1800, Anglo-Turkish Society talk at the Royal Anthropological Institute, 50 Fitzroy St, London W1T 5BT on The Merchant of Syria: http://www.angloturkishsociety.org.uk/doc/diana-darke-lecture.pdf

24 November 2018 1430-1530, Cambridge Literary Festival, talk on The Merchant of Syria

22 October 2018 1830-2000, Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL) talk on The Merchant of Syria at the British Academy: http://cbrl.org.uk/event/syria-s-people-lessons-for-the-future

12 August 2018, Llangwym Literary Festival, talk on new book The Merchant of Syria

14 July 2018, Dartington Ways With Words Literary Festival, talk on new book The Merchant of Syria

8 July 2018, Bradford Literary Festival talk on new book The Merchant of Syria

28 June 2018, panel discussion on the Cultural History of Syria, organised by Chatham House, SOAS and the University of Westminster